Sean Maymi

Coaching Highlights

• Nebraska Head Coach (2018-2023)
• Helped Nine Teams to NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances in 11 Seasons as Assistant
• Michigan Associate Head Coach (2008-11; 2015-18)
• ITA Midwest Regional Assistant Coach of the Year (2008)
• Michigan Assistant Coach (2006-08)
• Fresno State Assistant Coach (2005-06)
• Northwestern Volunteer Assistant Coach (2004-05)
• Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges Assistant Coach (Men & Women, 2004)
• North Florida Assistant Coach (Men & Women, 2001-02)

Sean Maymi served as the head coach of the Nebraska's men's tennis team from 2018-2023. 

Maymi (pronounced MY-mee) had extensive ties to the Big Ten Conference in two successful stints as the associate head coach at Michigan. He helped the Wolverines to eight NCAA Tournament appearances in his nine seasons as an assistant in Ann Arbor. In 2008, Maymi was named the ITA Midwest Regional Coach of the Year after assisting Michigan’s run to the NCAA Tournament round of 16 and a No. 16 final national ranking.

In 2018, Maymi helped guide Michigan back to the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament again, as the Wolverines finished No. 14 in the final ITA rankings after a 22-6 season that included an 8-2 Big Ten Conference mark.

“I am delighted that Sean Maymi is leading our men’s tennis program,” Moos said. “His energy and vision along with his background as a proven winner fit perfectly with the goals and objectives that we embrace at Nebraska.”

Maymi said he jumped at the opportunity to chart a new course in the Husker men’s tennis program, after becoming just the fourth head coach in the last 68 seasons of Nebraska tennis. In his first year with the program, Maymi utilized his successful past as a driving force to create a new winning and hard-working culture at Nebraska. 

Maymi led senior Toby Boyer to All-Big Ten honors after Boyer's 18-win season that included five upsets of nationally ranked opponents and three qualifications of his own to the Oracle/ITA tennis rankings. After earning Big Ten Player-of-the-Week accolades on March 26, Boyer notched his 76th career win against Michigan State in his last regular-season match, becoming the sixth-winningest athlete in Nebraska men's tennis history.

"I am thrilled to be coaching the Nebraska men's tennis team," Maymi said. "The coaching staff has held the players to a high standard both physically and mentally. The team has done a great job of embracing a growth mindset and trying to improve every day. This is a process and we will always be building and improving. I know the future is bright and this team will be the start of something very special."

In his first five seasons at Michigan from 2006-07 through 2010-11, the Wolverines advanced to five straight national tournaments and finished No. 34 or higher in the ITA national rankings all five seasons. Michigan climbed as high as No. 8 in the ITA rankings in both 2008 and 2011 before Maymi’s departure from the Wolverines and then-head coach Bruce Berque.

In 2014-15, Michigan chose new leadership for its tennis program with the hiring of Adam Steinberg, who previously led Pepperdine to an NCAA team title in 2006. Steinberg brought Maymi back to the Wolverine staff for the start of the spring dual campaign.

After a losing season in 2014-15, Maymi helped Michigan to three consecutive 20-win seasons and three straight top 25-final national rankings, including a final No. 14 ranking in 2017-18.

For three seasons from 2011-12 through 2013-14, Maymi stepped away from collegiate tennis to work as the general manager of the global division and director of business development for Todd Martin Tennis in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Martin is the current CEO of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and a former ATP Player who was ranked as high as No. 4 in the world in the 1990s. Maymi also spent six months training players at the Junior Tennis Champions Center - a world-class training center for young players in College Park, Maryland.

After returning to Michigan for the dual season in 2015, Maymi also has served as the primary coach for current ATP player Evan King, who was ranked as high as No. 185 in the world earlier this year. King was a three-time ITA All-American and two-time Big Ten Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Year (2012, 2013) as a player at Michigan.

Maymi’s playing and coaching career has established strong connections from coast to coast. As a collegiate player, Maymi was a four-year letterwinner and two-time team captain at North Florida, helping the Ospreys to NCAA Division II Championship appearances in 1999 and 2001. He also served as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s tennis teams in 2001-02 before graduating with his bachelor’s degree as a communications/advertising major in 2003.

Maymi worked with ATP professional Michael Russell in 2002-03, acting as a coach, hitting partner and strength and conditioning leader. He also served as a member of the Player Services team at ATP International Headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida in 2003.

In 2004, he served as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s teams at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges in Claremont, California. He went on to work as a teaching professional while providing personal and group coaching to top-ranked junior players at the Racquet Club of Lake Bluff, Illinois, in 2004-05. He also made his first connection in the Big Ten Conference as a volunteer coach for the Northwestern men’s tennis team, helping the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament.

In 2005-06, Maymi returned to California as an assistant coach at Fresno State. He helped the Bulldogs to the Western Athletic Conference title match while coaching the WAC Player of the Year and four other all-conference players before starting his first assistant coaching stint at Michigan in 2006-07.

Originally from Yorktown, Virginia, Sean and his wife, Samantha, have three daughters and two sons. 

NCAA Division I Coaching Experience

Nebraska (Head Coach)

Year	Record	NCAA Tournament	Final ITA Rank
2021-22	9-15
2020-21	10-17
2019-20	2-10*

2018-19

10-17

*season canceled on March 12 due to pandemic

Michigan (Assistant/Associate)

2017-18	22-6	Round of 16	14th
2016-17	23-7	Second Round	17th
2015-16	21-8	Second Round	25th
2014-15	7-17
2010-11	13-11	First Round	34th
2009-10	14-11	Second Round	26th
2008-09	14-15	Second Round	33rd
2007-08	20-7	Round of 16	16th
2006-07	20-7	Second Round	21st

Fresno State (Assistant)

2005-06

15-7

46th

Northwestern (Volunteer)

2004-05

12-13

First Round

47th